The FDA is proposing to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used as a nasal decongestant in over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, after concluding it lacks effectiveness as a nasal decongestant.
The FDA is proposing to remove oral phenylephrine, widely used as a nasal decongestant in over-the-counter cold and cough medicines, after concluding it lacks effectiveness as a nasal decongestant.
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Researchers investigated whether transparent capsules in dry powder inhalers improved medication delivery by providing visual feedback to patients.
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The inhaled therapy for the maintenance treatment of COPD combines bronchodilator and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory activities in one molecule.
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A Swiss study recently published in Respiration found that bronchodilator inhalation with salbutamol is likely to have a positive short-term effect on forced expiratory volume in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis.
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The FDA approved an Abbreviated New Drug Application for Lupin Ltd’s albuterol sulfate inhalation aerosol 90 mcg, a generic for Teva’s ProAir HFA.
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The US FDA has approved the first generic metered dose inhaler of Proventil HFA (albuterol sulfate), manufactured by Cipla Ltd.
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As the number of COVID-19 cases grow, hospitals throughout the US are reporting shortages of albuterol, a life saving medication for asthma sufferers.
Read MoreThe drug is approved to treat or prevent bronchospasm in patients four and older with reversible obstructive airway disease, and to prevent exercise-induced bronchospasm in patients four and older.
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Respiratory therapists are often some of the few resources to offer expert help in finding alternative respiratory medications for patients who experience side effects.
Read MoreNew data demonstrated that the maintenance combination asthma therapy, Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dehydrate), provides a rapid, clinically significant bronchodilatory response.
Read MoreAn inactive agent used in beta-agonist inhalers to treat asthma can reverse the beneficial anti-inflammatory effects of inhaled steroids.
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